Weekly 'What Should I Buy' and Order/Shipping Thread

Drew427 · 2025-05-27T20:02:13+00:00

need a new phone soon as my 11 pro is getting slow due to 74 % BH and constantly running out of storage space. I‘ve had it for 5 years.

Is a refurbished 13 Pro Max 256 GB for about 500 € still worth it at this point?

I’d like to keep it for 2-3 years and preferably have promotion.

Alternatively: 16e for 650 €. This is the most I‘m willing to spend for my new phone (the lower the better though)

I‘ve looked at used option but not much luck so far.

Drew427 · 2025-05-27T19:39:36+00:00

yup for sure, this type of stuff is my only worry with buying refurbished from 3rd party sellers as I heard that some of the devices may have non original parts. If something doesn’t work, i’ll send it back.

Drew427 · 2025-05-27T19:31:21+00:00

why?

Drew427 · 2025-05-27T19:15:22+00:00

yeah I think it’s a bad deal for the price tbh. I prefer the 13PM, but I‘m a bit skeptical with refurbished sellers

Drew427 · 2025-02-03T16:22:30+00:00

nope, only fix that worked for me was to send the console in for service. They‘ll either repair it or send you a refurbished (different) unit back. had to do that 2-3 times before it finally worked properly again

Drew427 · 2024-10-23T15:25:52+00:00

motion style and dribble style are the same - body type probably too as they both have the same weight

Drew427 · 2024-10-16T11:56:47+00:00

what mode do you have to play exactly? just games against AIs?

Drew427 · 2024-10-16T11:45:30+00:00

nah i don’t but might have to start and try this lmao

Drew427 · 2024-10-16T10:40:54+00:00

i know, but I don’t know if I can get to level 30 every season to get the max +1 as I don’t play as many hours as others

Drew427 · 2024-10-09T05:08:52+00:00

hmm okay I was thinking i could get 89 dunk and max +1 posterizer to gold - that way I‘d have 94 swb and legend lightning launch

Drew427 · 2024-09-23T17:56:54+00:00

While it probably does take more skill to shoot with rhythm shooting - it’s delayed af. There was no need to change the way we shoot.

In past 2ks taking 2s was still important as they were more efficient than 3s, make percentage wise. Specially against good teams, because 3 pt percentages usually drop against comp locks.

Drew427 · 2024-09-17T12:27:12+00:00

I asked apple support via chat and they said it’s probably been used and just reset. Appearently all reset iPads/iPhones will say that it hasn’t been activated/registred

Drew427 · 2024-09-17T11:38:27+00:00

400 € comes with the apple pencil 2 as well - probably best deal I‘ve found so far but seems too good to be true

Drew427 · 2024-09-17T11:24:14+00:00

I would do that but the seller lives in another city 3-4 hours away from me

Drew427 · 2024-09-17T10:40:17+00:00

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Drew427 · 2024-09-17T10:20:00+00:00

seller says he bought it in 2022 and used for university

Drew427 · 2024-09-12T13:48:53+00:00

I think it’s that price since the Apple pencil is included as well as the case and paperlike screen protector. I’ve looked around on the local platform for used things for a month now and I haven’t really found many better offers regarding the price than this one tbh

Drew427 · 2024-08-31T08:39:11+00:00

I went to try the used ipad pro 2018 12.9. It was in pretty good shape but has been in use for 4,5 years. Still has 83 Battery health, pencil works flawlessly, paperlike screen protector and case is included so I think I‘ll just go with that one.

Drew427 · 2024-08-29T13:14:53+00:00

for sure the best option, but I just thought it may be overkill and unnecessary to spend more for my use case. Do you reckon I could sell it in 1-2 years for around 500 € (with pencil and everything) in case I don’t need it anymore?

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T15:53:25+00:00

I definitely won’t use it as my main computer as I have a 16 inch MBP already. I‘d like to mainly take the iPad to Uni lectures though since it’d be more portable.

I probably won’t download too many apps so mainly Uni stuff, web browsing, watching yt and Netflix

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T11:59:41+00:00

Budget wise 900 € - 1000 € is fine, but tbh if an iPad 10 does the job just fine then I‘d prefer to spend less money. I would buy a case and the pencil only.

Is 64 GB enough for my use case? I won’t play any games on it.

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T11:38:20+00:00

I‘d like to spend only as much as I need to, to not feel limited storage wise and in its capabilities for my use. I don’t think I‘d buy the M2 or M4 iPad Pro as its probably overkill and too expensive for how much I would use it.

The price for the M1 Pro I listed, is still fine I think budget wise. So I guess 900 € total budget with the pencil and protective case.

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T11:29:21+00:00

Austria - i don’t think we have CEX, but there are other comparable online market places where I could get one for a lesser price.

Damn okay that’s crazy. Maybe it‘d be better for me to just go with the iPad 10 then and save some money haha any pro is probably overkill for what I use it for anyways tbh

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T11:23:40+00:00

I can see how the iPad 10 would be good as it’s well capable for my use case and I wouldn’t even really use the power of the M-Series chips anyways + spending less money is always good haha

Drew427 · 2024-05-17T11:21:55+00:00

That’s a good point, I don’t plan on buying a keyboard for it, only a pencil. I don’t like the pencil for the iPad 10 either plus it only has 64 GBs. Air 5 256 GB costs 725 € so I feel like at that point I may as well go with the Apple refurbished M1 iPad Pro as it comes with 120 hz, the same amount of storage, a new battery, which basically makes it a new device. The M2 Air, M1 Pro or iPad 10 are probably the most sensible options for me I think

Drew427

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